St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-18

Was Scared by Seeing a Crimi-
nal.
San Francisco Wasp.
"Why, how pale you are, Mr.. Sleuth,'
said the chief detective, as one of his
lynx-eyed myrmidons entered in an agi-
tated manner. ANY thing happened?"
Nothing, except that saw Mr.. Pur-
fey, the abscOnding city official, just
now," replied the efficient member of
the force.
''I thought you had orders not to see
him." roared the chief. ''COnfound
him, why does he walk about in the day
time, anyway?'
81 didn't mean to-" stammered the
detective, "but was going into O'Don-
Ovan's bar just now, and there he was
at the counter"
''And you had to run him in, sup
pose?" muttered the chief, sadly.
mot so bad as that. sir. You see he
had his back to the door, so just slid
out again, quick"
Ibid, eh! l must see Purfey about
his shirt cuff. ssHe can't expect us to
keep off the street all the time"
jewelers. Weekly: Since the days of
King Solomon and his wise artifice for
the settlement of the ownership of the
child brought before him, there have
been in Eastern nations most clever
ruses for the detection of guilt. Posi-
bly, the ignorance and superstition of
the common people there give ampler
scope for such methods than would
exist with us. After grand dinner in
Aleppo, given by the English consul,
some of the silverware used at the fete
mysteriously disappeared. Suspicion
fell upon the servants, and even the po-
lice who were in the house at the time.
The consul after mature reflection
called upon the most intelligent of the
police, or caraSSeS, as they are termed
in Turkey, and questioned him. The
caraSS insisted that he did not steal the
silver and that he had no idea who did.
The consul being very shrewd man,
then said: "There is no need of your
protesting. have good reasons for sus-
pecting you to be the thief. and l mean
to place you in the hands of the author
tiles unless you bring my silver to me
within twenty-fOur hours"
81 will do all in my power to discover
the rObber, said the frightened carass,
''but must beg of you, in return, to
act passively as shall bid you.'
The consul promised and the officer
disappeared. In an hour he returned
leading little donkey. and asked that
the animal might be placed in dark
ened room and that all the servants
of the house should then be as
sembled. When these arrangements
had been made the carass said:
Snow we are to enter this
room one by one and are to take pull
at the donkey's tail. The donkey will
make no sign unless the rObber is
among US, and if he is you may depend
upon it that he will bray and indicate
the thief. Now," to the consul, ''you
go in first and pull the tall"
Every one complied with the direc-
tons, but the donkey did not bray.
Chow strange it is" said the carass,
when the performance was over and the
room hOOm had been relighted. ''It
seems that the thief is not to be found
among us. cannot explain it other
wise. Stand about me in circle, la
dies and gentlemen, and hold up your
hands,"
Every one obeyed.
''Here is your man, Mr.. Consul" cried
the caraSs. pointing to servant. "YOu
see, every one who pulled the dOnkey's
tail got his hands blackened; this man
did not touch the tail, and his hands are
clean."
Tt e man confessed. .and the silver was
retu1 ned.